Picture of the Day: The Original Macintosh Computer Turns 28

On this day in 1984, the first Macintosh computer went on sale, two days after a commercial for it aired during the Superbowl (the Raiders beat the Redskins). The computer came with two applications -- ...

Mariinsky Ballet’s Fokine works: History revisited

The girls of a poet’s dreams. A classic Russian folk tale. And a story out of “The Thousand and One Nights.” These are hardly revolutionary subjects. But 100 years ago, when Michel Fokine made ballets out of these three scenarios, he may as well have been Steve Jobs smashing the computer model in the 1980s with his Apple Macintosh. Read full article >>

Happy 28th Birthday, Macintosh!

It's hard to believe that 28 years have passed since the Macintosh was introduced by a young, bowtie-clad Steve Jobs, on January 24, 1984. It was Apple's annual stockholder meeting and Jobs (and his Macintosh crew) were going to unveil the Macintosh to the public. It was a magic moment aptly described by Andy Hertzfeld on the Folklore website . Even back then Steve was a showman, unveiling the ...

Lose the Screws: FirmTek Debuts 2.5" Trayless Hard Drive/Solid State Drive Enclosure Solution

The miniSwap/ES trayless, hot-swap, dual-bay, eSATA 6G enclosure incorporates the latest storage technologies to deliver unprecedented performance of up to 6.0 Gbps with cross-platform Macintosh and PC compatibility.Union City, CA (PRWEB) January 10, 2012 FirmTek, LLC, the world's leading developer of Serial ATA solutions for Apple Macintosh and PC systems, today announces the miniSwap/ES. An ...

Apple becomes highest-value US company

APPLE shares soared overnight, and the California gadget-maker became the largest US company in terms of market value.